P.Sarada, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5951 OF 2018 ORDER:

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, "Cr.P.C.") to quash the proceedings in FIR No.340 of 2018 on the file of Pendurthi Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the offences under Sections 354, 506 r/ w 34 IPC and Sections 3 (1) (s) of SCs and STs (POA) Act.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, after arguing for sometime, requested this Court to direct the concerned to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.P.C., and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another1 and the guidelines formulated by this Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan Vs. State of Maharashtra 2.

3.

Acceding to the request of learned counsel for the petitioners, without touching the merits of the case, I find that it is a fit case to issue direction to the police to follow the procedure contemplated under Section 41-A Cr.P.C., and the guidelines issued by the Apex Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another and the guidelines formulated by this Court in Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan Vs. State of Maharashtra.. Accordingly, the police concerned are directed to adhere to the 1 2014(8) SCALE 250 2 CRL.A.No. 416 OF 2018 DATED 20-03-2018

guidelines issued in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar and another and Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan (referred supra).

4.

With the above direction, the criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, in this criminal petition shall stand closed in consequence.

_____________________________ Date: 13-06-2018.

M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J.

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